Holder or guard for pocket-books.



No. 652,245. Patented, lune 26, |900.

J. CAMERON. HOLDER OR GUARD FOR POCKET BOOKS.

(Application filed Oct. 2, v1899.)

(No Model.)

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STATES y JOHN CAMERON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER OR GUARD FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,245, dated June 26,1900. Application filed October 2, 1899. Serial No. 732,371. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN CAMERON, a citi- 'zen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders or Guardsfor Pocket- Books and other Articles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in lo a device to be used forholding in the pocket bill-books, pocket-books, cards, letters, andother articles in sucha manner as to prevent their loss or accidentalremoval; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construci5tion, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth and specically claimed.

The object of my inventionis to provide a guard or holder forpocket-books and other 2o articles which shall be simple and inexpensivein construction, attractive in appearance, easily operated, and willengage the cloth of the pocket when desired, so as to prevent thearticle to which the holder or guard is at- 2 5 tached being lost oraccidentally removed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describeit,referring to the accompanying drawings, in

3o which- Figure l is a perspective view of a book or bill-book, showingmy guard or holder attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a detached perspectiveview of the guard or holder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectionalview thereof,

showing it attached to a bill-book and illustrating by dotted lines theposition of the bars when arranged so as not to engage the cloth of thebook. Fig. 4 is a plan view taken 4o on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the guard or holder, illustrating a modificationtherein; and Fig. 6'is a side view of said modification, showing itemployed for holding cards or letters.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the dierent views of thedrawings.

A represents a hollow piece, which is preferably tubularin form, asshown in the drawings, and is provided at a suitable point with 5o anopening a for the reception and operation of the pin b, which engagesthe cloth of the pocket. The lower portion of the piece Ais formed orprovided with an upturned foot a to receive a portion ofl thepocket-book A or other article to be retained by the holder. The upperportion of the piece A is provided with a cap C, having an openingc forthe reception and operation of the rod or bar B which extends into thepiece A and is preferably formed at its upper end with a knob b',against which the thumb or finger may be placed when operating the rod.The lower portion of the rod B is provided with a pin b, preferablyformed integral therewith by ceiling the lower portion of the rod, asshown at b2, to form a spring and then bending the free end outwardly,so that it will diverge from the rod and pass through the opening a inthe piece A, .as is clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, and 8 of the drawings.4

Located within the piece A, between the lower end of the rod B and thelower end of said piece, is a spiral spring D, which serves to normallyhold the pinY b on the rod in a projected position. The cap C ispreferably formed with two prongs c to be employed for piercing thecover of thepocket-book or billbook and then bent down, as shown bycontinuous lines in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, so as to hold thepiece A in position. The upper portion of the rod B is reduced, as atb3, to fit in the reduced portion c2 of the opening c in the cap C whenit is desired to hold the pin Z) in a retracted position.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings I have shown a modification in theconstruction of the holder which is more especially designed to be usedin connection with cards or letters E, in which modification the sameconstruction is employed as that above described, except that a spring eis secured at one of its ends to the upper portion of the piece A, and acap C"without prongs is used instead of the cap C in the otherconstruction. When using this inodiiication, a rubber band or cord e isplaced around the cards or letters E and then hooked over the free endof the spring e, as shown in Fig. G of the drawings, thus securing thecards or letters at their upper parts to the holder, the lower endsthereof resting on the foot a', as is clearly shown.

The operation of my holder is simple and as follows: A portion of thecover of the pocket or bill book is placed between the foot IOO a andthe lower end of the piece A, when the prongs c of the cap C may bepressed through the upper portion of the book and clenched, thussecurely attaching the holder or guard to the book. When the rod is inthe position shown by continuous lines in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings,it is evident that the pin b will project through the opening a of thetube or piece A and will engage the cloth of the pocket, thus preventingthe book working therefrom. By pressing the Yrod B down until the pin bis retracted and until the reduced portion b3 of the rod passes into theslot or reduced portion c2 of the opening in the cap C it is evidentthat the-pin will be held in its retracted position and so as not toengage the cloth of the pocket by reason of the enlarged portion of therod B engaging with the said slot and preventing its upward movement.When so arranged, the pocketbook or other article may be easily removedjm the pocket.

I'Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I lclaim as new, anddesire to secure bye Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a hollow piece hav' ing at its lower end means toengage a book or other article and provided between its ends with anopening, of a cap located on its upper end and having an openingprovided with a reduced portion, a spring-actuated rod located in thesaid piece and provided at its lower end with a pin to project throughthe opening in the said piece, and near its upper end With a reducedportion to fit in the reduced part ofthe slot or opening in the cap,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN CAMERON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, A. GUs'rArsoN.

